Couple sweet old ladies from Benton

[Ratfink1962]

Picked this up tonight...

and this one...

 

[marcusthemoose]

good haul. got youself a good back hub in the blue one! (not that i am biased or anything)

 

[aka_locojoe]

oooh the coveted star sprocket.

 

[65rat]

Hey there's your New Departure hubs. I could use that chain guard on the Monark :roll:
Are those star spockets pretty rare :?:

 

[TheFlyingDingo]

Diggin the name on the second one!

Good finds.

 

[Ratfink1962]

good haul. got youself a good back hub in the blue one! (not that i am biased or anything)

Ive never heard of Perry, assuming its good stuff?

 

[Ratfink1962]

Hey there's your New Departure hubs. I could use that chain guard on the Monark :roll:
Are those star spockets pretty rare :?:

Hehe... now I own three of them!

I may end up parting them out, I will let you know

 

[Ratfink1962]

By the way, the Firestone had this tag on the bottom bracket...

Never seen one of those before, Ill get a closer look on it to see if I can find the serial #. any Idea what year it might be?

 

[65rat]

Mine has the same tag. I haven't checked any of the #'s yet

 

[Rustinkerer]

By the way, the Firestone had this tag on the bottom bracket...
Never seen one of those before, Ill get a closer look on it to see if I can find the serial #. any Idea what year it might be?

That's a Monark ID badge, the only co. that used them. If it had been a Monark badged bike, it would say monark on the tag, but on store brand bikes like your firestone and Sears' JC Higgins, it doesn't. If you can make out the serial#, I have a list, though they had some oddball #'s too. I believe they made Firestones from the early 50's to '58 at the latest, '59 ads show Snyder (Rollfast) built bikes. -Adam

 

[marcusthemoose]

good haul. got youself a good back hub in the blue one! (not that i am biased or anything)

Ive never heard of Perry, assuming its good stuff?

they're pretty good. much better than modern shimano rubbish. they are old and english, and that therefore means that the built quality is good (in most cases). note how the chrome is still good as it is quality.